This last weekend while at friends BBQ cookout I was stuffing down my third sirlion burger as a stray thought entered my mind about how I’ve read over the years studies that have been done suggesting that eating charred and “well done” meats pose a risk of developing cancer.

Why is it that we do things we know could be potentially harmful to our health? Is it the “it only happens to other people” syndrome or is it that we really don’t believe the studies we read?

As life would have it that little thought stayed around waiting to attract some more of its kind and sure enough it found plenty of company today as I started reading the latest edition of the Life Extension Foundations latest magazine.

I think it’s safe to go on a limb and say that when you eat charred and well done meats you are exposing yourself to a heightened risk of developing cancer.

It’s not meat that is the issue but rather certain compounds like heterocyclic amines that are produced as a result of high temperature cooking.

“While heterocyclic amines themselves are not carcinogenic, they are transformed in the body into chemically reactive compounds that can interact with DNA to trigger the initiation of cancer.” - LEF Magazine October 2006

If you’ve read my web site you’ll know that I believe our thoughts and how we think about our health and wellness play a primary and vital role in the actual state of our health and wellness.

The key to improving your health is to start changing your attitude toward it.

One way to do this is to plant thought seeds into your thinking that can trigger during certain circumstances.

For example I’m going to use this thought seed next time I’m at Outback ordering a steak…

“Eating well-done meats can cause cancer”

I’ll have mine medium please.